Of course there is a spectrum and more than one way to skin a cat, but when voicing a political opinion results in institutionalized punishment you can’t claim

Of course there is a spectrum and more than one way to skin a cat, but when voicing a political opinion results in institutionalized punishment you can’t claim that the country is free regardless of any other circumstances. As someone else said here just the fact that you can get into a Twitter flame war with Trump proves the US is a free country not otherwise.